Wezre wrote: DeltaSigma wrote:
I picked up an 85/2 EVO when Viltrox were running their 20% discount recently.
Here are some city/street images from my first outing with the lens
Wide-open...
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Colin
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DeltaSigma wrote:
And another set wide open
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At first I really liked the rendering, but then I noticed the linear features in the specular highlights. Is that consistently present in the 85 EVO's images? I've never seen that sort of texture in specular highlights. Otherwise the in-focus to out-of-focus transitions look pretty nice to me, but that type of textured specular highlight would really annoy me.
Yes, well spotted. I noticed them too.
These were shot on a Z8 that has an electronic/rolling shutter.
I suspect the LED light sources themselves are the root cause given my Z8 currently has photo-flicker and high-freq flicker options set to OFF.
I have not seen any linear features when used on my Z6.
Our Xmas tree is now up so I could do a controlled (Z8,Z6)*(Viltrox 85, Nikon 85) comparison using the tree's lights.
Colin
Dec 15, 2025 at 01:43 PM
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